"Thanks for the hemp jacket, Dannion!" Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) tweeted today. "Hemp is an important industry I've been fighting to bring back in the U.S."
Thanks for the hemp jacket, Dannion! Hemp is an important industry I've been fighting to bring back in the US #NVGOP pic.twitter.com/WOTh57MGOc
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) January 16, 2015
Paul's wearing a blue sports jacket made from hemp. In the tweet, he's referring to author Dannion Brinkley, who's previously stated that military uniforms and hospital bedding in the VA should be made of hemp: "This would provide increased longevity, durability and would be cost effective. Even Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul wore a white oxford shirt made of hemp when he testified before the Kentucky legislature supporting the approval of hemp as a cash crop for Kentucky farmers."
Paul is a co-sponsor of the bi-partisan Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015, which would "remove federal restrictions of the domestic cultivation of industrial hemp."
